Agriculture and Economic Development in East Asia
- Authors
- Francks, Penelope
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Tags
- case studies , protectionism - east asia - case studies , east asia , economic conditions , agriculture and state , agriculture and state - east asia - case studies , political science , business & economics , industries , economic aspects , protectionism , development , agriculture - economic aspects - east asia - case studies , economic development , produce trade - east asia - case studies , produce trade , general , agriculture
- ISBN
- 9780415178860
- Date
- 1999-04-22T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.39 MB
- Lang
- en
A comparative study which describes and analyses the contribution of agriculture to the economies of East Asia. Until now, little attention has been paid to the agricultural sector which actually underpins industrial and commercial development. Recently, this sector has become the focus of increasingly bitter economic disputes, especially over protection and the use of import tariffs.
A comparative framework is used, employing case studies from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea to highlight both the common characteristics of agriculture's role in East Asian development, and features particular to the political economy of agriculture in each country.